Jersey City Mayor justified the curfew by saying Hurricane Sandy is "unlike any other we have faced."Jersey Journal file photo

Jersey City has declared a curfew of 6 p.m. today for two areas of the city, in addition to banning pedestrian traffic in Port Liberte and Country Village, because of high winds and rising waters caused by Hurricane Sandy.

The curfew, which will end at 1 p.m. tomorrow, will be enforced along all of Washington Boulevard east to the Hudson River, and west of Route 440 to the Hackensack River from Communipaw Avenue to the Bayonne border.

“We know that many residents have in the past gathered on the waterfront to look at the tides during storms. This storm is unlike any other we have faced,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy said in a statement. “We will be enforcing this curfew to protect the safety of our residents.”